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AcknowledgementsThis research was commissioned by the Department of Trade and Industry(DTI). We are grateful to Steven Taylor and John McQueeney for theirmanagement of this research, and to members of the advisory group from theDTI, DCA, Acas and the LSRC for their comments and suggestions about thedesign of the survey, the analysis process and the presentation of results.We would like to thank Bruce Hayward, Carole Maxwell and Tim Hanson at BMRBwho worked jointly with us on the design of the survey, who were responsiblefor conducting the survey and for the preparation of the survey data, and whoprovided useful suggestions on the analysis of the data and the presentation ofthe results. We would also like to thank James Walker-Hebborn for providing allthe administrative support for the project at IES.Finally, we would like to thank all those who participated in the survey, as wellas those who participated in cognitive and pilot interviews prior to the survey,for giving up their time to take part in this important research.iv
Page 6 and 7: ContentsExecutive summary 11. Intro
Page 8 and 9: Appendix 1: Description of sample 1
Page 10: Table 3.8: How much is the NMW for
Page 14 and 15: Executive summaryAlmost two-thirds
Page 16 and 17: a lot about the detail. In contrast
Page 18 and 19: having experienced a problem. As a
Page 20 and 21: 1Introduction andmethodologyA wide
Page 22 and 23: • Sex Discrimination (Gender Re-a
Page 24 and 25: These and other findings from SETA
Page 26 and 27: 1.3 MethodologyKey elements of the
Page 28: people of working age who were curr
Page 31 and 32: possible to conduct detailed analys
Page 33 and 34: Table 2.1: How well informed respon
Page 35 and 36: Independent variables were selected
Page 37 and 38: 2.2 Whether respondents know as muc
Page 39 and 40: Table 2.2: Whether respondents woul
Page 41 and 42: Figure 2.3: Awareness of employers
Page 43 and 44: etween heterosexual and non-heteros
Page 45 and 46: introduction of the NMW. There has
Page 47 and 48: apply to work flexibly and to have
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Page 51 and 52: 2.5.3 Pay, contracts, disciplinary
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2.6 Awareness deficitsRespondents w
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• one point if they said that the
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than those who said that they could
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• 87 per cent of respondents were
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NMW), therefore, have a small aware
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Rather than having detailed knowled
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Table 3.1: continuedMean no. ofhour
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Table 3.2: Opting out of the workin
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‘Workers have the right to a mini
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Table 3.4: Is there a legal entitle
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Figure 3.3: Number of hours before
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employment rights. As with other ri
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Table 3.6: Which groups are covered
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Table 3.7: Is the NMW the same for
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Estimates of the rate for 16 and 17
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Table 3.9: How much is the NMW for
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Table 3.10: continuedMeanMedianCiti
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Figure 3.6 shows that responses var
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3.4 Children and dependantsAs set o
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she had no legal entitlement to ret
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Table 3.14: What rights a mother ha
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their employer for two months. Arou
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those who said that they knew it wa
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Table 3.17: continued% who knew emp
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Table 3.18: Proportion of responden
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Those scoring 13 or higher were als
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Finally, Table 3.19 also shows resp
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• For those aged 65 and older the
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4Experience of problemsThis chapter
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led to the inclusion by respondents
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who did not have managerial or supe
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Figure 4.1: Type of problem(s) expe
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Table 4.2: continuedWhether give su
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Figure 4.3: Whether the most seriou
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Table 4.3: continuedWhether has lon
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Consultation with a manager at work
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Figure 4.5: What respondents were l
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Figure 4.6: Actions taken (multiple
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Table 4.6: Average length of time t
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4.8.4 Ongoing problemsA small propo
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Independent variables were selected
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The reasons why seeking advice from
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4.9.2 Types of problems respondents
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likely to experience a problem to d
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Table 4.10: How confident responden
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• Those who felt their problem wa
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would meet their legal obligation t
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Table 5.1: Where respondents would
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5.1.2 Going to a CAB to get general
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those aged 55 to 64. As larger work
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Sixty-one per cent of respondents t
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5.4 Which information service respo
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Figure 5.2: Where respondents would
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was the responsibility of governmen
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hours (these respondents included p
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• When told that ordinary materni
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• An ‘awareness deficit’ was
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taking leave. Eleven per cent of re
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(13 per cent) respondents citing th
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• A quarter of respondents said t
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6.4 Discrimination6.4.1 Sex discrim
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• 20 per cent of respondents knew
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7Concluding remarksThis study has c
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for them to provide an exact rate (
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Groups emerge from the bivariate an
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7.4 Who experiences problems at wor
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Table A1.1: Personal characteristic
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Table A1.3: Characteristics of empl
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Table A1.5: Details of respondent
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number of independent variables has
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model fits the data 42 , which is i
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earning £20,000 to £29,000 a year
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it can be seen that severe multi-co
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Being disabled (in the sense of hav
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Table A2.5: continuedIndependent va
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een excluded to keep the number of
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Table A2.8: continuedIndependent va
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9Appendix 3: On-callworkingOne of t
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Figure A3.2: Average number of hour
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Figure A3.3: Industries of those do
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Figure A3.5: Average hours required
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BibliographyHayward, B., Peters, M.
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No. 9No. 10Costs and benefits of Eu
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